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Date:         Wed, 6 Jun 2001 07:54:22 -0700
Reply-To:     "David W. Palmerston" <DPalmerston@HELI-CAL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "David W. Palmerston" <DPalmerston@HELI-CAL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Brakes, still soft after bleeding - Help!
Comments: To: Miguel Calvin <mcalvin@MAC.COM>
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Standard Vanagon action - adjust the rear brakes and the emergency brake and the pedal problem will go away (unless you've had an early failure of last year's replacement parts)...

Good Luck,

David Palmerston

> -----Original Message----- > From: Miguel Calvin [mailto:mcalvin@MAC.COM] > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 7:15 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Brakes, still soft after bleeding - Help! > > > My brakes have been a bit soft for a while, (one pump of the > pedal would firrm them up), so I tried bleeding them today. > I used a vacuum bleeder kit and did them in order from > farthest to nearest the master cylinder. I used fresh DOT 4 > fluid to keep the Master cylinder resevoir above the min. > line. I bled each wheel until I got clear, clean fluid. I > closed each bleeder while vacuum was high to ensure no flow > back. I used about a 1/2 pint of fluid. > > Now my brakes are softer than before. What did I do? > > Master was rebuilt last year and rear wheel cylinders were > replaced last year too. > > Pedal is kind of mushy until about 2/3 down where it feels > and sounds like it hits something solid. It goes a bit > further but is much firmer. Real braking only starts when it > gets to this firmer point. > > Help! > -- > Miguel >


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